Cigar-tip cutter.



` N'ITED STATES? on QUiNcY, MASSACHUSETTS.

-PArnnr ormoni.

l cl'eAn-TlP CUTTER..

` Specification of Letters Patent.

'I Patented March 13,1906.

Application nea october 9.1905. semi No. 281,938.

To a/ZZ whom t may concer-n:

Be it known that We, Evnnnrr E. BUSSEY,

.i residing at Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex, and HAROLD D'.WATERH'OUSE, residing atQuincy, inthe county of Norfolk, State ofMassachusetts, citizens of the United States, have invented certain newand useful Improvements; in Cigare- Tip Cutters, of which the yfollowingis aspeo'ification, reference being had therein ings.

Our invention is an improved cigar-tip cutter vwherein the'cigar-tiisnot cut off', but is to the accompanying -dr'awslit in such a manner tat thefissures made in the tip are of the right size to: allow theproper amount of smoke to be inhaled or drawn from the cigar by thesmoker;

. The main .objectof our invention-is` the providing of a simplearticlejof this character of fixed parts which can be worn upon thewatch-'chain or` carried .in the vest-pocket without danger of cuttingthe lining ofthe pocket; and it consists in a novel y'construcf tion andarrangement of the parts, as hereinafter more fully set'forth andclaimed, by which a simpler, cheaper, and more effective device of thischaracter is produced than is now in ordinary use.

' The device can also be advantageously used for advertising purposes onaccount of its 'simplicity and cheapness of vconstruction vand itsfrequent use.

views of one of the knives.

larged view of a portion of the knife-chamber The nature of theimprovement will b readily understood by all conversant with suchmatters from the following explanation, itsextreme simplicity renderingan elaborate description unnecessary.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of acigar-tip cutter embodying our improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan view oflthe knife-chamber, showing the knives in position. Fig. 3 is a planview''of the clam ing-cover or gri ping-collet. Fig.

4 is an en arged sectional e evation on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1. 'Figs 5and 6 are enlarged Fig. 7 is. an enshown in Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is a planview of the kn1fe-chamber with the knives removed.

Similar reference-numerals indicate corref sponding parts in all thefigures of the drawing[sIl the embodiment illustrated whenv theprincipjttlobject ofthe device is to furnish 'a l cheap `advertisingnovelty the knife-chamber brass or aluminium but thesame can be, whendesired only for use as a cigar-tip'cutter or to'be worn on a chain,made of metal.

`The knife-chamber is preferably formed from a single piece of sheetmetal and coma gold, silver, or other,4

prises a'base 9, havingv the central aperture l 19. The edgeof the basearound this aperf ture is turned or slanted, as at 9, something in theform of an inverted truncated cone and is provided with lonehor morenotches or channels 20, (preferably three,) accordingto the number ofknivesl used in the cutter, and` into which channel the lower halfportion of the blade of the knife 1,2is 'inserted aljouty midway of theblad e, so that the lower beveled or knifeedge 14 of the blade willextend within the aperture 19. `Thebase 9 has an' upwardly-extendingcircumferential rim or flange 10, provided with one or more (preferablythree) channels or notches' 11, according to the number of knives 'emloyed, and into which notches the Shanks of) the knives 12 are inserted,so that the inner edge of the keeper'or tongues 13 13 of the knives comeup tight against the outer edge of the flange 10.

The clamping-cover `15, which is also preferably formed of a singlepiece of sheet metal, has a base `15 similar to the base 9 and is-provided with a similarly-inverted truncated cone or raised edge havingan lequal number of notches or channels 18 extending from the l centralaperture 17 and adaptedto receive the upper half portion of the'blade ofthe knife 12, so that the upper beveled or knife i edge14 of the bladewill extend within the aperture 17. The base 15 ofthe cover has adownwardly-extending circumferential rim or flange 16, adapted to fittightly over the flange y10, so thatthe tongues 13 13', which extendoutward from the Shanks at nearly right angles to them, are pressedtightly between the flanges when the cover and knifechamber are suitablypressed together, `the cover acting as a gripping-collet and all partsfirmly and permanently secured. The apertures 17 and 19 are preferablyof the same size, and when the' parts are assembled together the inneryedge of the cones 9 'and 15 55 -and cover are preferably made ofthinflight v Yinto the apertures through the channels 18 and 20, whichare only of suricient width to allow of the inserting of the blades, andthe knives should extend inward toward the common center, but not quiteto it. As the front portions yof the knives are beveled to form bothupper and lower cutting edges, 4it is readily seenthat the tip of thecigar can be slit by inserting it into the cutter from either the top orbottom. In our preferred form we preferably use three knives, as shownin Fig. 2 of the drawings, which extend inward toward the common center,so that the points of all the knives are toward each other.

It will be obvious that the construction de scribed will afford anexceedingly simple, strong, and durable cigar-tip cutter the parts ofwhich are not liable to breakage or derangement in use and which willafford an inexpensive and desirable advertising device by stamping theadvertisement upon the outer face of either the knife-chamber or itscover.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination in a cigar-tip cutter,

'of a knife-chamber, a cover having a central opening, knives extendinginto the opening and having tongues clamped between the chamber andcover whereby the knives are rigidly held in a cutting position withinthe opening.

2. The combination in a cigar-tip cutter, of a knife-chamber having acentral aperture, circumferential anges provided with notches, knivesextending through the Ynotches and partly into the aperture, and agripping-collet for securing the knives.

3. The combination in a cigar-tip cutter, of a knife-chamber having acentral aperture, a cover having a similar a erture,'in verted truncatedcones for both t 1e chamber and cover, channels in the cones,circumferential rims for both the chamber and cover, notches in the rimof the chamber, rigid knives extending from without the chamber throughthe channels and partly into the central apertures so that their pointedends nearly meet, tongues rigidly attached to the knives and adapted tobe held rmly in place between the rims, and each knife provided withupper and lower beveled edges, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we aHix our signatures in presence of twoWitnesses.

EVERETT E. BUSSEY. HAROLD D. WATERHOUSE. Witnesses:

CHARLES F. A. SMITH, SADIE E. POWERS.

